http://laurenadkins.com lauren lovelorn Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:44:28 +0000 http://laurenadkins.com en http://laurenadkins.com/love-is-overtaking-me http://laurenadkins.com/following/laurenadkins.com/love-is-overtaking-me Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:44:28 +0000 lauren lovelorn 4150916 <img src="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4150916/LaurenandEdward02_small_zps6f18d3fc.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4150916/LaurenandEdward02_small_zps6f18d3fc_o.jpg" data-mid="21819449" border="0" align="left"/> photo by Krystal Ramirez Love is Overtaking Me Exhibition on view March 4-8, 2013. Reception: Friday, March 8, 2013. 6-9pm. UNLV Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery 4505 South Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV This work focuses on the female escapist fantasy in its most popular forms—primarily finding "true love"—and the extent to which it seeps into our real lives. I've looked at this fantasy through a pop cultural lens; that is I've used film, television, & literature's representations of the love story and female characters in general in an attempt to understand my own expectations of romantic love. Because of personal attachment to and experience with this fantasy or quest, which took a particularly strong hold of me when I discovered the intensely popular Twilight Saga, my thesis exhibition will touch on romantic expectation primarily through the main love interest, Edward Cullen. The main performance (and centerpiece of the following exhibition) is a wedding ceremony in which I married the central love interest from the series, Edward Cullen, in the form of a cardboard cutout in a real Las Vegas chapel. The work is also an exploration of the dismissive, vitriolic, and at times violent attitude of the media and the public at large toward female fandom. Keywords: "obsessive," "feverish," "insane," "psychotic," etc. The press coverage I received following the release of a British tabloid article (Love It!, UK) and online communication in the form of tweets, Facebook comments, and comments on the respective articles' websites will be included in this analysis. (See links below.) The ceremony took place at Viva Las Vegas Chapel in downtown Las Vegas on January 26, 2013. The ceremony was invite-only. The exhibition reception is open to the public. The ceremony was recorded and was originally intended to be streamed live on the internet. However, in lieu of the press coverage, I decided to cancel the live stream in order to retain control of the footage and preserve the integrity of the project. Documentation of the ceremony will be shown as the centerpiece of the following exhibition, which will double as our wedding reception, complete with receiving line, wedding cake (provided by Bouchon Las Vegas), flowers (provided by Flowers of the Field), and more. Reception elements will be accompanied by photographs, video, audio, and collected objects presented in traditional gallery style, and the show will also include a written artist statement & academic thesis. Press coverage, accurate & otherwise: The Electric Beef Las Vegas Weekly 1/31/13 KNPR, State of Nevada Las Vegas Weekly 12/1/12 Las Vegas Review-Journal Huffington Post: College Huffington Post: Weddings Perez Hilton In Touch Weekly Daily Dot Crushable Metro Daily Mail MSN now Yahoo Daily Fiasco Love It! Blastr United Press Int'l NBC12 Memphis TYT University (video) Daily Star Reveal Jezebel Filmdrunk 7 Days in Dubai Oh No They Didn't Gossiping Pens She Knows Cosmopolitan Examiner National Enquirer The Stir Stadt Magazine photo by Krystal Ramirez Love is Overtaking Me Exhibition on view March 4-8, 2013. Reception: Friday, March 8, 2013. 6-9pm. UNLV Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery 4505... http://laurenadkins.com/13-denouements http://laurenadkins.com/following/laurenadkins.com/13-denouements Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:09:37 +0000 lauren lovelorn 4125437 &#9835; 13 dénouements.mp3 &nbsp;Play 2012. sound collage/audio installation. 2min 12sec loop. 2012. sound collage/audio installation. 2min 12sec loop. http://laurenadkins.com/1-1-000-000 http://laurenadkins.com/following/laurenadkins.com/1-1-000-000 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:47:26 +0000 lauren lovelorn 4125410 <img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4125410/leo.jpeg" width="670" height="670" width_o="720" height_o="720" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4125410/leo_o.jpeg" data-mid="21663316" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4125410/edward.jpeg" width="670" height="670" width_o="720" height_o="720" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4125410/edward_o.jpeg" data-mid="21663375" border="0" align="left"/> 2011- digital collage. 2011- digital collage. http://laurenadkins.com/you-are-my-life-now http://laurenadkins.com/following/laurenadkins.com/you-are-my-life-now Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:58:58 +0000 lauren lovelorn 4113980 <img src="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/bedroom_sm.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/bedroom_sm_o.jpg" data-mid="22033831" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/teeth.jpeg" width="670" height="402" width_o="800" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/teeth_o.jpeg" data-mid="21663285" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/snow.jpeg" width="670" height="433" width_o="800" height_o="518" src_o="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/snow_o.jpeg" data-mid="21663286" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/roots.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/roots_o.jpeg" data-mid="21663287" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/found.jpeg" width="670" height="433" width_o="800" height_o="518" src_o="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/found_o.jpeg" data-mid="21663288" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/change.jpeg" width="670" height="433" width_o="800" height_o="518" src_o="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/change_o.jpeg" data-mid="21663289" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/girlfriend.jpeg" width="670" height="433" width_o="800" height_o="518" src_o="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/girlfriend_o.jpeg" data-mid="21663291" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/shower.jpeg" width="670" height="433" width_o="800" height_o="518" src_o="http://payload90.cargocollective.com/1/3/99186/4113980/shower_o.jpeg" data-mid="21663292" border="0" align="left"/> 2012- 35mm & digital photographs. 2012- 35mm & digital photographs. http://laurenadkins.com/love-spell-no-3 http://laurenadkins.com/following/laurenadkins.com/love-spell-no-3 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:21:23 +0000 lauren lovelorn 4106032 2012. projected video with audio. 2min 48sec loop. 2012. projected video with audio. 2min 48sec loop. http://laurenadkins.com/the-look http://laurenadkins.com/following/laurenadkins.com/the-look Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:20:01 +0000 lauren lovelorn 1431821 2011- projected video. 3min 28sec loop. 2011- projected video. 3min 28sec loop.